The Executive of Ceuta has conveyed to the National Court that the extraordinary impact derived from the massive entry of migrants from Morocco on July 30 and 31 amounts to 45.32 million euros.
This is stated in a report sent to Judge María Tardón, which Europa Press has accessed, where the economic needs that the local Government of Juan Jesús Vivas foresees to address the consequences of the crisis until the end of the year are specified.
The document clarifies that this figure does not reflect the total cost of the episode, as it does not include the expenses for the care of foreign minors, the losses of the Port Authority, or the damages suffered by the business fabric and employment in the city.
Of the total calculated, 4.65 million euros are considered investments, while 40.67 million are attributed to current expenditure. Among the five major spending blocks, those related to cleaning and environmental protection stand out, exceeding 31 million euros, and those for food, health services, and funerary services, which are around 10 million.
The report, prepared by the Department of Finance, Economic Transition, and Digital Transformation, which Europa Press has also accessed, was sent to the investigating magistrate on October 21 in response to a judicial request within the open case.
By means of an order issued on October 16, the judge had requested detailed data on the impact on public services and the extraordinary cost of the actions undertaken after the events at the end of July.
Cleaning and environmental restoration concentrate 31.7 million
The estimate sent by Ceuta covers five months of 2026, from the beginning of the migration crisis until December 31, so the 45.32 million includes both expenses already incurred and forecasts for what remains of the fiscal year, without necessarily equating to disbursements already made in their entirety by the autonomous city.
According to the report, the largest chapter is that of environment, cleaning, and critical facilities, which totals 31.7 million euros, approximately 70% of the total amount calculated by the Ceuta Administration.
The extraordinary cleaning tasks are valued at 13.5 million euros, to which 3.5 million are added for cleaning actions commissioned to the Administration's own resources. Together, both concepts amount to 17 million euros.
The environmental recovery of beaches and mountains is estimated at another seven million euros, while the extraordinary management of waste is estimated at four million.
Food and health and funeral services: 9.9 million
The report also includes 200,000 euros to reinforce security on the beaches. In this same block, 650,000 euros are included for interventions in the cemetery and 2.85 million for emergency works and security measures in critical facilities, items classified as investments aimed at protecting infrastructure and ensuring the continuity of the services they provide.
The second major chapter corresponds to the health and social services sector, with a forecast of 9.9 million euros. The largest part is allocated to food, with 7.5 million, one of the highest individual items in the report.
Regarding public health protection, 450,000 euros are allocated for vaccinations, acquisition of epidemiological material, and laboratory actions.
The rest of this section includes 1.15 million euros for emergency works aimed at expanding the cemetery and acquiring material related to these actions, 200,000 euros for the care of the deceased, and 600,000 euros to reinforce security in cemeteries.
More than 1.5 million for Local Police, firefighters, and mobile park
The reinforcement of municipal security and emergency services represents another 1.55 million euros, fully accounted as current expenditure.
This amount is jointly allocated to the Local Police, the Fire Extinction and Rescue Service, and the Mobile Park. The report links this amount to the additional intervention needs, availability of personnel, and operational support during the analyzed period, although it does not break down the distribution among the three services.
Furthermore, the extraordinary cost associated with educational centers is estimated at 1.48 million euros. The largest part, 1.3 million, is allocated to reinforce the security of schools.
This amount is supplemented by 50,000 euros for the installation of surveillance cameras and 130,000 euros for the relocation of a preschool.
According to the document, these measures respond to the need to protect educational facilities and ensure the continuity of teaching activities.
The cancellation of the Fair incurs 690,000 euros in compensation
The report also incorporates the economic compensations provided for the suspension of the activities of the Fair, which amount to 690,000 euros.
Of that amount, 300,000 euros are reserved for the fair vendors, while the compensations to the holders of the booths total 240,000 euros. The remaining 150,000 euros are allocated to the contracted orchestras.
The city emphasizes that the figure of 45,320,000 euros is limited to the actions included in the economic framework used for the estimation and does not incorporate the losses of the Port Authority nor the overall impact on businesses, employment, and the overall economy of Ceuta.
It also does not include the costs of care for foreign minors, one of the assistance areas assumed by the local Administration, so the 45.32 million euros reflect only the extraordinary needs identified in the report for the period up to December 31, 2026, without constituting a complete assessment of all the economic repercussions of the crisis.
"The events that occurred on July 30 and 31, 2026, and their consequences have required an extraordinary response from the autonomous city of Ceuta to address needs for health, assistance, public health protection, security, conservation of public spaces, and continuity of services and facilities. These needs represent an additional budgetary burden for the city and reflect the economic dimension of the reinforcement of public services and the extraordinary actions demanded by the emergency," concludes the report.